The Science of Stephen King

Horror and suspense author Meg Hafdahl is the creator of numerous stories and books. Her fiction has appeared in anthologies such as Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery, and Horror and Eclectically Criminal. Her work has been produced for audio by The Wicked Library and The Lift, and she is the author of two popular short story collections including Twisted Reveries: Thirteen Tales of the Macabre. Meg is also the author of the two novels Daughters of Darkness and Her Dark Inheritance, called “an intricate tale of betrayal, murder, and small-town intrigue” by Horror Addicts and “every bit as page turning as any King novel” by RW magazine. Meg, also the cohost of the podcast Horror Rewind and coauthor of The Science of Monsters and The Science of Women in Horror, lives in the snowy bluffs of Minnesota.

Endnotes

Chapter One: Carrie

1. Romano, Aja. (October 10, 2018) “Stephen King: A Guide to His Horror, His History, and His Legacy.” Vox.

2. Abrams, Bryan. (October 18, 2013) “The Carrie Phenomenon: A Brief History of Telekinesis.” Motion Pictures.org.

3. King, Stephen. (2000) On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. New York: Scribner.

4. Lawson, Carol. (September 23, 1979) “Behind the Best Sellers: Stephen King.” The New York Times.

5. (2020) www.stephenking.com

6. Creed, Barbara. (1993) “Horror and the Monstrous.” Routledge: London.

7. Fransson, Rebecka. (2015) “Bloody Horror! The Symbolic Meaning of Blood in Stephen King’s Carrie.” Orebro University.

8. Adams, Zoe. (August 31, 2015) “Diseasing the Female.” Eidolon.

9. Dua, P. (March 2014) “Orbital Vicarious Menstruation.” NCBI.

10. Graziottin, Alessandra. (August 1, 2016) “Perimenstrual Asthma: From Pathophysiology to Treatment Strategies.” Multidisciplinary Respiratory Medicine.

11. Zaslavsky, Claudia. (January 1992) “Women as the First Mathematicians.” International Study Group of Ethnomathematics Newsletter.

12. Ilias, I. (2013) “Do Lunar Phases Influence Menstruation? A Year-Long Retrospective Study.” Endocrine Regulations.

13. Howarth, Jan. et al. (November 28, 2008) “Religion, Beliefs and Parenting Practices.” Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

14. Dawkins, Richard. (2006) The God Delusion. Bantam Books: United Kingdom.

15. VanderWeele, Tyler J. (September 18, 2018) “Religious Upbringing and Adolescence.” Institute For Family Studies.

16. Tashjian, Sarah. (May 16, 2018) “Parenting Styles and Child Behavior.” Psychology in Action.

17. Swearer, Susan M. (May 2015) “Understanding the Psychology of Bullying.” American Psychologist.

18. Zhang, Peng. (May 20, 2016) “Social Anxiety, Stress Type, and Conformity Among Adolescents.” Frontiers in Psychology.

19. Walton, Alice G. (February 21, 2013) “The Psychological Effects of Bullying Last Well Into Adulthood, Study Finds.” Forbes.

20. King, Stephen. (1974) Carrie. Doubleday: New York.

Chapter Two: The Shining

1. (July 2, 2010) “Stephen King: The ‘Craft’ of Writing Horror Stories.” NPR.

2. Beahm, George Andrews. (1998) Stephen King: America’s Best-Loved Boogeyman. McMeel Press.

3. Derin, Jacob. (March 18, 2018) “The Shining: The Hellish World of the Tyrannical Patriarch.” Medium.

Chapter Three: Salem’s Lot

1. Konstantin, Phil. (July 1987) “An Interview with Stephen King.” Highway Patrolman Magazine.

2. Tucker, Abigail (October 2012) “The Great New England Vampire Panic.” Smithsonian.

3. Dolin, [edited by] Gerald L. Mandell, John E. Bennett, Raphael. (2010) Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett’s principles and practice of infectious diseases (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

4. Austen, Barbara. (December 3, 2014) “Consumption.” Connecticut Historical Society.

5. Tucker, Abigail. (October 2012) “The Great New England Vampire Panic.” Smithsonian.

Chapter Four: Rage

1. (2020) Stephen King.com

2. Katisyanis, Antonis. (July 15, 2018) “Historical Examination of United States Intentional Mass School Shootings in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Implications for Students, Schools, and Society.” Journal of Child & Family Studies.